Head of the Class: Fostering Financiers in Fort Lee
Students in Fort Lee, the Bergen County town perched atop the Palisades cliffs overlooking the Hudson River, need only look south to see the skyscrapers…
School Leader
School Leader, NJSBA’s quarterly magazine, focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2014 • VOLUME 45 • 3
Articles
Policy Update: Taming the Dragon
One of the fundamental responsibilities of an NJSBA policy consultant is to read and evaluate board policy manuals. This dues-based service is called the Wellness…
Green Schools: Registration Begins for Sustainable Jersey for Schools
Sustainable Jersey, in collaboration with the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), launched a voluntary certification-recognition program for schools in New Jersey in October. The…
NJSBA at Your Service: Healthy Students are Better Students
As any school board member can attest, society continues to gradually increase the non-academic responsibilities and expectations of our nation’s public schools. Some responsibilities that…
Readers Forum: Hybrid Learning – A New Approach for Reaching At-Risk Students
Hybrid learning combines digital and face-to-face instruction in an effort to personalize the learning experience for students, and has been a common practice in general…
Workshop 2014 by the Numbers
Workshop 2014 – held Oct. 28-30 – was a rousing success: attendance was the highest it has been in five years, the Association’s financial benchmarks…
Executive Word: Providing Safe and Secure Schools – Meeting the Challenge
Teaching and learning are not possible unless your students and staff are secure and safe. That’s why school security has become a major focus in…
President's Message: A New Beginning
On Nov. 15, I was honored to take the oath of office as NJSBA’s president for the 2014-2016 term. I want to thank the members…
The Affordable Care Act: Are We There Yet?
With yet another delay in the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, this may seem like a good time to breathe a sigh of relief and…
The Legalities of Residential Placements
Residential placements, one of the most restrictive environments along the continuum of placements to be considered by child study teams, are increasingly the source of…
Top Cases from 2014
Each year, school district policies are shaped by legal decisions issued by state and federal courts, the commissioner of education and other administrative agencies. Here…
New Milford’s Woman of Accomplishments
She taught home economics and eighth grade science to schoolchildren in her Bergen County hometown. She was elected to her local school board; represented her…
Civics Lessons Under the Gold Dome
The New Jersey State Capitol sits in the heart of Trenton, within sight of the Delaware River. From the historic interior rotunda space where stained-glass…
What Makes Schools Safe?
Can anything be done to prevent the kind of violence that occurred in Newtown? The answer – the only answer – is "We have to…